On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 10:46 AM Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2024 at 10:01, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 5:51 PM Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > *T**here is yet another level, phenomenal consciousness, which has no >>> behavioural manifestations whatsoever, allowing for the theoretical >>> possibility of philosophical zombies.* >> >> >> Assuming that is true and assuming that you yourself are not a >> philosophical zombie, how do you suppose random mutation and natural >> selection manage to produce you? >> > > It couldn't, which supports the idea that philosophical zombies are > impossible, or equivalently that phenomenal consciousness reduces to the > behavioural manifestations of consciousness, such as awareness of self and > environment. > In fasct, it supports the idea that philosophical zombies could not be produced by natural (Darwinian) selection. But it say nothing about the possibility that such beings could be produced artificially; eg. via AI. Bruce -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLQ-bQpiePjC0U3mQ64ED_%2Bts2fd0nHjLJhYoCE7Xrgq2Q%40mail.gmail.com.
